Mexico: Updated WTO Notification for Mexico Organic Product Law -LPO- Enforcement

  |   Attaché Report (GAIN)   |   MX2021-0041

Mexico has updated its organic products law (LPO by its Spanish acronym) enforcement notification to the World Trade Organization (WTO) from the Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures to the Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT). Trading partners and domestic/international stakeholders are encouraged to submit comments to Mexico on this notification within 60 days of June 28, 2021. U.S. exporters of organic products to Mexico are reminded bulk/raw material, as well as processed products, are subject to enforcement of the LPO and other applicable Mexican laws.

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